Guys, Congress changed the nuke button procedure already.

[dixiegrrrrl]

They agreed to agree and put the button at the bottom of a long line people.
Upside he can't go off half cocked, or no cocked, all by hisself.

I read that news with considerable interest, but it may have sank under some other Trump headline grabbing behavior at the time.

google should have something on it, if that help with anxiety.

[maryellen99]

1. ....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/12/01/no-one-can-stop-president-trump-from-using-nuclear-weapons-thats-by-design/?utm_term=.db9fd41b1b6c

[RKP5637]

2. Tiny hands, big buttons (of responsibility!) n.t

[elleng]

5. December 1, 2016

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. That was true...then.

Which is why Congress addressed it later.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. The president is the only person who can authorize a strike.

If the president authorizes a strike and advisors do not comply, we have a coup.

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/graphics/2016-nuclear-weapon-launch/

[elleng]

7. Updated January 20, 2017

'The top brass is brought in
Before initiating military action, the president convenes a conference with military and civilian advisers in Washington and around the world to talk through options. In the White House, the call takes place in the Situation Room. If traveling, the president is patched in on a secure line. A key participant in the meeting: the Pentagon’s deputy director of operations, an officer in charge of the National Military Command Center, also known as the “war room.” This around-the-clock operations center is responsible for preparing and ultimately transmitting a launch order from the president. The head of all U.S. strategic nuclear forces at Strategic Command in Omaha would probably also be asked for a briefing on strike options.'>>>

[defacto7]

4. I remember this as well.

In February or March and the news sunk afterward but I don't have anything to back that up. I just remember a congressional decision that dropped out of sight.

[XRubicon]

6. I wish this were true

But I don't think it is.

[MonkeyC]

8. He can do a lot of damage, even without pushing a button.

But, I read that somewhere too. I just have to hope it was enacted or is truly legit.

[SummerSnow]

9. This is real..

[B2G]

10. And if Kim manages to hit US soil,

It's not gonna matter who does the pushing because it's gonna get pushed.

[krispos42]

12. Anybody that uses nukes as the opening of hostilities...

..needs to be destroyed. Immediately.